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Lawmakers announce a string of agreements and executive actions including an extension of rent regulations for New York City tenants and landlords.

The stories explored police use of force and how the NYPD polices its own.

WNYC's coverage of Governor Chris Christie and the Bridgegate scandal wins a major award.

Gas line may have been "inappropriately accessed," mayor says.

On the heels of his announcement that he's not running for re-election, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is backing New York Senator Chuck Schumer as his successor.

An MD-80 went off the runway around 11:10 Thursday morning. The FDNY says 24 people suffered minor, non-life-threatening injuries.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder's bill follows a slew of allegations that the nation's flood insurance system is broken.

All transportation is shutting down at 11 p.m. Keep checking here for all your storm coverage. 

A spokesman for the Authority confirmed the departures of its Executive Director and Chief Financial this week, following the chair's resignation in early December.

Dolan singled out the NYPD's leadership from the pulpit and expressed solidarity with the police.

See who came out for the march that organizers say attracted more than 300,000 people from across the country to midtown Manhattan.

Mayor Bill de Blasio accuses a local police union of "fear-mongering," after its leader publishes an open letter.

Police say one of the drivers involved in a bus crash that injured 14 people was under the influence of a controlled substance.

Transit advocates posed the question to commuters: what would you do with $443 a year in savings on your MetroCard?

After several rounds of contentious negotiations, New York's governor has announced a tentative contract deal between the MTA and Long Island Rail Road workers, who were days away fro...

A report in the New York Times says a police unit seeks to use jailed Muslims as informants.

The mayor's first budget includes significant spending increases in education and housing.

The derailment happened around 10:30 a.m. in a tunnel near the 65th Street Station in Woodside. The MTA says the middle six cars of the train left the track.

Police say domestic violence is a leading factor.

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, has been convicted of conspiring to kill Americans by serving as al-Qaida's spokesperson after the September 11th attacks.

The verdict was returned Wednesday in federal court in lower Manhattan. The Kuwaiti clergyman could face life in prison.

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